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MAXON's CINEMA 4D R14 New Features Offer Expanded OptionsKo MaruyamaIn Los Angeles and New York, motion graphics animators have seen year over year dominance and adoption of MAXON's flagship software CINEMA 4D. Their newest release offers users improved feature sets and new tools to create 3D models and animation even easier than before.

Command and Conquer Your Keyboard CommandsDiana Weynand, James Alguire and RevUpTansmediaFinal Cut Pro has provided keyboard shortcuts for the vast majority of its functions, but there have always been a few features or functions where it made sense to have a keyboard shortcut, but none was pre-built and ready to use. In legacy versions of Final Cut Pro you could add, remove or modify keyboard shortcuts by using the Keyboard Layout tools. In Final Cut Pro X you use the Commands feature to add, remove, modify, and otherwise manage changes to keyboard shortcuts. In this tutorial you'll learn how to add new shortcuts for functions that don't have them, how to create new Command Sets, and how to export and import command sets to access these shortcuts across multiple editing stations.

Toys "R" Us Announces Family-Friendly Video Streaming ServiceDMO AffiliateBeginnning Thursday, parents and kids will be able to log on to toysrusmovies.com and stream family-friendly films and tv shows stright to their computers. The service will reportedly work with PCs, Macs and any Adobe-Flash-compatible devices.

New Obama, Romney Campaign Ads Present Two Types of FunnyDMO AffiliatePresident Barack Obama's campaign for re-election and supporter of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney both have released comical new commercials. The problem: only one, Obama's ad, is meant to be. Obama's lauds Romney for attacking a threat greater than Wall Street -- Sesame Street. Jay DeDapper has more on both ads.

Do Androids Dream of Handwriting Recognition?Katia ShabanovaEngineers and programmers have been trying for decades to teach computers and other electronics to recognize handwritten text. Only in the last few years have the world's largest software companies made significant progress teaching smartphones and tablets to adequately recognize handwriting and translate it into typed text on the screen.